Experience

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  Interwest Consulting Group

  • Elk Grove, California

  • Chief Operations Officer

    • 2003 - Present
    • Elk Grove, California

    Principal-in-Charge and Professional Civil Engineer. Provides technical assistance and support to city managers, elected officials, and the community on public works programs, policies, activities, and projects. The primary link between the public works department and other city departments, elected officials, regional/regulatory agencies, and community and business stakeholders. He is often called upon to negotiate and resolve sensitive, political, and controversial program, policy, and project issues.

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  City of Sacramento

  • Sacramento, California Area

  • Public Works Director

    • 1991 - 2003
    • Sacramento, California Area

    Oversaw the Department of Public Works consisting of a workforce of 733 employees and an annual operating budget of $100 million. Responsible for a wide range of services including fleet and facility maintenance, street maintenance, solid waste, on-¬street parking, animal control and kenneling, traffic engineering, development review and process, transportation and facility design and construction, transportation planning, and right-of-way management.

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  CH2M HILL

  • Department Manager, Civil/Transportation

    • 1979 - 1991

    Directed the operations of the department, including monitoring project execution and quality control to maintain a high degree of technical and professional excellence, fiscal management, and staffing. Project experience included the design of street and underground utilities for road systems and site development projects.